It is true what you say.... But as someone pointed out earlier... The avereage person would nt even know about this said prediction... Especially new
yorkers... Unless you are a conspiracy buff!! So observer bias doesn't not work with someone who didn't even know about the prediction..

Do you see a bright ’star’ in the east or southeast sky after sunset in October 2010? You’re really seeing a planet, Jupiter.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, and it’s central to its own system of 63 orbiting moons. October 2010 is one of the best
months this year for seeing this giant planet. It’s in the sky at a convenient time for evening viewing – and, since Earth recently passed between
Jupiter and the sun, the planet is nearly at its brightest. Many people on Earth will happen to glance eastward this month and notice a bold starlike
object. If you were there, you could tell them it’s Jupiter.

Jupiter will be making its closest approach to Earth Monday night since 1951, and for about the next four months the giant planet will be teamed up
with a distant relative: Uranus.

Jupiter will officially be nearest to our planet—368 million miles (592 million kilometers) away—when it reaches opposition, the term for when the
sun, Earth, and a given planet are lined up in a row.

“Oppositions of the Earth and Jupiter occur roughly every 400 days, due to Earth catching up to Jupiter and lapping it in its race around the
sun,” said Raminder Singh Samra, resident astronomer at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“But because the orbits of the planets are slightly elliptical, the distances between oppositions vary, and so the next time [Earth and Jupiter] are
this close won’t be until 2022.”

For the rest of September, Jupiter will be the brightest object in the sky, aside from the moon. The planet will be visible all night long, rising in
the east at sunset and setting in the west around sunrise.

On September 22 the full moon will park itself just above Jupiter, making for a striking cosmic duo to the unaided eye. The following night the moon
will sit just to Jupiter’s left.

What’s more, with just binoculars, stargazers can already see the much more distant planet Uranus not quite behind Jupiter, visible as a faint
bluish orb fewer than two full-moon discs away from the brighter planet.

It is true what you say.... But as someone pointed out earlier... The avereage person would nt even know about this said prediction... Especially new
yorkers... Unless you are a conspiracy buff!! So observer bias doesn't not work with someone who didn't even know about the prediction..

Sheant.....

So observer bias doesn't not work with someone who didn't even know about the prediction..

I note my comment extended to "hysteria" causing observer bias, said bias therefore being irrespective of knowledge of the channeled prediction.

One would also have observer bias if one really wanted to see an alien spaceship.

It is true what you say.... But as someone pointed out earlier... The avereage person would nt even know about this said prediction... Especially new
yorkers... Unless you are a conspiracy buff!! So observer bias doesn't not work with someone who didn't even know about the prediction..

Sheant.....

So observer bias doesn't not work with someone who didn't even know about the prediction..

I note my comment extended to "hysteria" causing observer bias, said bias therefore being irrespective of knowledge of the channeled prediction.

One would also have observer bias if one really wanted to see an alien spaceship.

Kind regards
Maybe...maybe not

edit on 16-10-2010 by Maybe...maybe not because: Syntax

I agree with you about the observer bias! If one person in the crowd decries UFO! Then

the others follow suit! And with the Disclosure Project et al...the average person frequents

You Tube and UFO's a-plenty there! We even have the major networks open up shop

on You Tube!

The Yellow Balloons now become UFO's in the day and Jupitar and her moons become UFO's

i am aware people look to the heavens for many a reason
never stop people from looking skyward
it is almost instinct to look up in wounderous amazement at the universe and think
DID THAT STAR JUST MOVE
lol

Do you see a bright ’star’ in the east or southeast sky after sunset in October 2010? You’re really seeing a planet, Jupiter.

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, and it’s central to its own system of 63 orbiting moons. October 2010 is one of the best
months this year for seeing this giant planet. It’s in the sky at a convenient time for evening viewing – and, since Earth recently passed between
Jupiter and the sun, the planet is nearly at its brightest. Many people on Earth will happen to glance eastward this month and notice a bold starlike
object. If you were there, you could tell them it’s Jupiter.

Jupiter will be making its closest approach to Earth Monday night since 1951, and for about the next four months the giant planet will be teamed up
with a distant relative: Uranus.

Jupiter will officially be nearest to our planet—368 million miles (592 million kilometers) away—when it reaches opposition, the term for when the
sun, Earth, and a given planet are lined up in a row.

“Oppositions of the Earth and Jupiter occur roughly every 400 days, due to Earth catching up to Jupiter and lapping it in its race around the
sun,” said Raminder Singh Samra, resident astronomer at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“But because the orbits of the planets are slightly elliptical, the distances between oppositions vary, and so the next time [Earth and Jupiter] are
this close won’t be until 2022.”

For the rest of September, Jupiter will be the brightest object in the sky, aside from the moon. The planet will be visible all night long, rising in
the east at sunset and setting in the west around sunrise.

On September 22 the full moon will park itself just above Jupiter, making for a striking cosmic duo to the unaided eye. The following night the moon
will sit just to Jupiter’s left.

What’s more, with just binoculars, stargazers can already see the much more distant planet Uranus not quite behind Jupiter, visible as a faint
bluish orb fewer than two full-moon discs away from the brighter planet.

Originally posted by maluminse
To whoever said 'case closed' and ruled out all eye witness testimony you have made your finding not on anything a judge would. A judge would listen
to eye witness testimony very closely. We have seen video tape of eye witnesses and heard in real time description of what is happening. This tape is
admissible in court. Its called a presence sense impression.

Yeah the judge would listen to the eyewitnesses that said "it is just balloons". Then weigh in the rest of the evidence of balloons being released
that day, and the fact they match in color and size, and look like balloons in video and images.

Originally posted by maluminse
But there are weak minded who resist accepting facts even in the face of over whelming evidence and that is the way of our world. I hope it doesnt
hinder the lot of us.

thats why i said if i was wrong bad on me there toooo much crapola here to read all of it id off myself if i did

anywho bad on me

I got through 100+ pages so I don't see why you couldn't. The fact that you could not or would not

is your problem not mine. Your "bad on me" is not an apology in my eyes, but don't worry, I'll get

over it!

edit on 15-10-2010 by KIZZZY because: facelift

wow, the way some people behave here mirrors that of 4chan, which is filled with mostly hormoned teenagers that have nothing else to do that to put
people down in order to make themselves feel better.
This thread got ruined the moment "these" kind of people came, and critical-thinkers left.

Thank you for saying this. All rational discussion and investigation went out the window once they descended upon this thread to counter any sort of
discussion in the direction of the possibility that these were ufo's. Now it's been accusations against 4chan, without any proof at all. Disinfo is
out in full force to break up any intelligent, peaceful conversation.

On 10/13/2010 the intelligence of several New York City residents was tested. They had a multiple choice question of what they were looking at
in the sky. They were yellow, floating, flying slowly in groups, and bunched together. What could they be? A: Balloons. B: Secret Government
Aircraft(s). C: Aliens from another planet. D: Remote controlled toys. E: Flying angels or demons. or F: A new type of flying species.

Sadly, many chose B or C. The correct answer? A, of course.

"New York City Deputy Mayor Robert Steel welcomed Madrid officials in the heart of Times Square on Wednesday to mark the centennial of
Madrid's Gran Via.

A street sign inscribed "Gran Via" was unveiled after the signing ceremony, and Broadway was symbolically renamed after the Madrid avenue for a day.
The event concluded with the world premiere of Madrid's newest promotional video on Times Square's Toshiba Vision giant screen AND THE RELEASE OF
BALLOONS IN THE MIDTOWN SKY."

Really New Yorkers, do you not know what is going on in the middle of your own town/city?

Because of a "prediction" from an ex-NORAD employee that UFOs would show themselves above major cities, conspiracy theorists and UFO hunters were
searching for anything they could find that may support this "prediction". Of course, this just may have sparked the entire misidentification of
these balloons.

People on the internet have been arguing back and forth, and some die-hards even claimed "they look nothing like balloons". I really don't
understand how colored floating spheres don't look like balloons... Some people insist these are "UFOs" and will not listen to anyone who
disagrees. Some have even begun to spread misinformation that these are in fact "UFOs" (suggesting they are alien)... They can magically identify
them as alien, yet they still call them unidentified flying objects..lol.

Anyway.. pictures of these balloons were found on the ground before they were released on the day they were spotted, and that is that.

Got to love when jets practice aerobatics at night right before the major air show.... Those trails that you see in the video are smoke trails being
illuminated by the afterburners on the jets. When they turn the smoke off, all you see is the afterburner. When they turn the afterburner off, they
magically "disappear".

You also got to love how they hide the sound! You would have heard the jets.

You also got to love their blatant misinformation... "appear to hover".

Yes, it does appear to hover when you watch a video of the black dark
sky and you have no reference point of how fast they are moving. They were not hovering, they were moving away from the camera.

Imagine seeing something like this at night, but with 3 jets.

I cant believe they compared that to the balloons in New York! And they called the balloons "lights".

Also... any and all 3 points make a triangle... commenting about them both being triangles is just dumb!

What is going on here? Seems like some group is pushing fake UFO sightings..

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